Canadian Bacon (7/12) Movie CLIP - Anti-Canada Propaganda (1995) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
America broadcasts anti-Canadian propaganda to inflame its citizens.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
In Michael Moore's political satire, the U.S. president (Alan Alda) decides to wage a cold war against Canada in an attempt to reverse his slipping popularity, and, as a result, he drives a small group of incensed Canadians to take matters into their own hands. Alda is the first president in years not to lead his country into war, which naturally means that his approval rating is dangerously low. The sure-fire way to boost his popularity is to start a war and demonstrate American superiority. Unfortunately, as his advisors point out, the U.S. has run out of enemies. That is, until Alda's National Security Advisor Stuart Smiley (Kevin Pollak) happens to catch a segment on the news about a brawl at a Canadian hockey game that began when local American sheriff Bud Boomer (John Candy) made a remark about Canadian beer. This incident gives Smiley the notion to make the public believe that Canada is their new enemy. Determined to demonstrate the mighty power of America to the Canadians, Boomer gets a group of equally angry fellow Americans together to cross the border and perform the most serious of all Canadian crimes -- littering. However, the invasion is foiled and Boomer's numerous blunders threaten to turn a fabricated war into a real one. Written, directed, and produced by Michael Moore, Canadian Bacon takes lighthearted jabs at the differences between the U.S. and Canada, while also satirizing America's obsession with its military strength. The film features John Candy in his last complete screen performance.

CREDITS:
TM & © MGM (1995)
Cast: Stanley Anderson, Bill Nunn, Kevin Pollak, Dana Brooks
Director: Michael Moore
Producers: Stuart M. Besser, David Brown, Freddy De Mann, Kathleen Glynn, Gregory Goodman, Terry Miller, Michael Moore, Ron Rotholz, Sigurjon Sighvatsson, Louis G. Friedman
Screenwriter: Michael Moore

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[LemmingAttack]

The imagery of charging Mounties as the voice over speaks to "Canada's vast military technology" is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

[dallasvienneau]

The Canadians, they walk among us. Then the camera zooms in on John Candy, a Canadian acting as an American; very meta scene. Or maybe breaking the fifth wall would be a better way of describing it.

[ciberdude]

"Congress is also asking intelligence agencies why the Canadians maintain a threatening lead in Zamboni technology?"

Sounds like something Congress truly would waste time on!

[PhilMante]

As a Canadian this is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. I would love to see Michael Moore do another comedy film.

[carlbirtles]

1:45 “Honey, let’s stay in and order some Canadian food.”

Can you get hot poutine delivered to your door nowadays?

[MedalionDS]

Listing off the Canadians in america... how meta would it have been to just mention John Candy by name but not show his picture

[DerelictDan]

Anne Murray.. all day.. everyday.
Honestly sounds like something CSIS would do to torture someone into making a confession. An endless loop of snowbird for any amount of time would be cruel and unusual punishment.

[MrWolfSnack]

Think of your children pledging allegiance to the maple leaf. Mayonnaise on everything. Winter 11 months of the year. Anne Murray - all day, every day.

[wattsnex]

Hugely underrated movie. It’s comes across as dumb slapstick, but it’s quite genius in its satire. All i can say to the bad ratings it received is that they didn’t “get it”.

[TripleEhBeef]

The most disturbing thing about this is seeing the CN Tower not surrounded by countless high rise condos.

[MarcInCanada]

Has anyone grabbed the clip where the guy says to Allan Alda "Mr. President, Americans will believe anything we tell them to believe." A devastating line. Cant find it.

[coralarch]

"Huge, long, rigid shaft..." lol!

[not.supermario]

It would have been hilarious if John Candy's own name was among the ones on the list of Canadians. Or Del Griffith from Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Would have made for a good in joke even if this wasn't a John Hughes movie.

[haweater]

"Anne Murray... all day.... Every day..". Is the way I grew up as my sister was a big fan and played it constantly.

[caseybarlow]

I love the comment like if Canadian football actually counts

[pruer]

John Candy is why I watched this in the first place!!

[GregEaston]

Wow. Who knew this movie would become reality...

[Damar]

To think this is actually going to happen with Trump declaring Canada a security threat

[JoseTwitterFan]

0:23 For a Canadian in fictional terms, the NDP is basically in charge at Ottawa.

[jamesboulger]

Lol mayonnaise. I remember reading a book as a child about a girl of East Asian immigrants in America. Mayonnaise was just a mystery to her. I never knew Canada was even MORE pro-mayo